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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
509 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2015
NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
080>082-258-032130-
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-
NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES-
DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL-
VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-
REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND-
GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-
PECOS-MARFA PLATEAU-BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...QUEEN...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD...
CARLSBAD CAVERNS NP...TATUM...HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...JAL...
SEMINOLE...LAMESA...GAIL...SNYDER...ANDREWS...STANTON...
BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY...VAN HORN...PECOS...MENTONE...
RED BLUFF LAKE...KERMIT...ODESSA...MIDLAND...GARDEN CITY...
MONAHANS...CRANE...MCCAMEY...RANKIN...BIG LAKE...ALPINE...
FORT DAVIS...FORT STOCKTON...MARFA...BIG BEND NP...MARATHON...
SANDERSON...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP...PINE SPRINGS
509 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2015 /409 AM MST TUE MAR 3 2015/
...WINTRY PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT
OVER SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND MUCH OF WEST TEXAS...
ALTHOUGH WE WILL SEE SOME MILDER TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA
TODAY, ANOTHER ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL DROP SOUTH INTO THE REGION
WEDNESDAY. IT APPEARS THE NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN COULD SEE A MIX
OF RAIN AND SLEET AS EARLY AS WEDNESDAY MORNING. SOME FREEZING
RAIN MAY ALSO OCCUR IN THESE AREAS, BUT IT APPEARS MOST OF THE
PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS SLEET OR SNOW, ESPECIALLY DURING THE
AFTERNOON.
AS COLDER AIR SPREADS SOUTH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, A MIX OF RAIN,
SLEET OR SNOW COULD OCCUR AS FAR SOUTH AS THE INTERSTATE 20
CORRIDOR. THIS PROCESS WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH A MIX
OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION POSSIBLY OCCURRING IN THE BIG BEND BEFORE
PRECIPITATION ENDS LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM AROUND AN INCH NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20, TO
ONLY TRACE AMOUNTS SOUTH. PLEASE KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST
FORECASTS FOR ANY CHANGES.
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